Baggage-check.



J. EL BAILHACHH.

BAGGAGB CHECK.

APPLIOTION HLED JULY 14, 1909.

Patented May 10, 1910.

Vw Fresn JOHN IVE.

TFFC.

BAILHACHE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

LBAGGAGE-CHECK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1t), MMO.

Application ledpluly 14. 1909. Serial No. 507,627.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it. known that l, Jox-1N M. B.-\n,n.\ein-:, a citizen of the United States, residing at San lt`rancisco, in the county of San Francisco, State oi California, have invented certain new and uset'ul Improvements in Baggage-Checks; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe. invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in baggage checks.

It has particular reference to a new and improved system for checking baggage.

It is well known that numerous pieces ot baggage are lost to the owners, due to what is known as duplication of valid checks. This system of fraud is carried out by a third party copying the design on a cheek attached to a piece ot baggage while the lat ter is at. a station or en 'roi/fe. and then presenting or having presented the bogus check to the baggage master at the station to which the baggage is checked. Since the operation of t uplicating the well vknown form of baggage check is comparatively easy this fraud is carried to a great extent in certain localities. In order to remedy this'defeet in the present method of checking bag gage and to etlectively prevent a party not holding a valid owners check from duplicating the latter, the present invention is directed, and aims to produce an original and duplicate check, one to be attached to the piece ot' baggage in the usual manner and the other to be held by the owner. The said checks being provided on one oit' their faces with indicia and further provided with openings through which certain of this indieia will appear when the checks are placed one upon the other. The disposition o't the indicia on the cheeks will be such that while the duplicate will bear the same numerals or letters as the original still the arrangement of the markings will be in different order so also will the openings in the original be located at a diti'erent point to the opening of the duplicate, thus rendering it possible for the same indicia to appear through the opening ot' the duplicate when placed on the original as will appear when the original is placed on the duplicate. A

With these and other objects in view as will more fully hereinafter appear, the present invention consists in certain novel details of construction and arrangement of parts. hereinafter fully described. illustrated in the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it, being understood that various changes in the. torni, proportion, size and minor details ot the device may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the ad` vantages of the invention.

.ln the accomlianying drawings forming part of the specification:H-Fignre 1 is ai'ront view of a well known forni of original baggage check constructed in accordance with my invention. `Fig. f2 is a similar view ot' the duplicate. Fig. 3 is a similar view when the original. is placed in position to cover the duplicate. Fig. et is a similar view when the duplicate is placed in position to cover the original. Fig. is a view. similar to Fig. l but showing a modified form of the device. Fig. 6 is a view ot the duplicate to accompany Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a front elevation showing the duplicate in Fig. placed in position to cover the original shown in Fig. Fig. 8 is-a similar view with thc original placed in position to cover the duplicate.

Similar numerals of reference are elnployed to designate corresponding parts throughout.

As shown in the drawings, two forms of baggage checks are employed, namely the metallic and cardboard. lt mustbe understood howeverv` that l am .not to be limited to these materials since .itwill be understood, trom what will appear later, how this system might be equallyY as welleinployed with checks constructed ot' any well known inaterial adapted for the purpose.

As shown in Figs. l to it body ot' the original check the numeral 5 and tie opening to receive the check strap by the numeral 6. The duplicate check has a similarly constructed body portion 7 at the upper end of which is provided an opening S for the check strap. The name or initials of the compari)Y issuing the cheek is, as usual, disposed at. the upper end and above the strap receiving opening as shown at t) and the serial number of the check, which is the saine on the original and duplicate, is located as shown at 10 direct-ly beneath the strap openings 6 and 8. The route or destination is as usual `arranged at the lower side of the original and duplicate as shown at l1.

inclusive the 1s designated by cate constitute the key to indicate thenumstated, the numerals ou the duplicate Y Ming now to Fig; i it will he seen yfie original is mentally provided with an ohiong opening 3 2, This opening is arranged to one side of the longitudinal center of? the check and may entend in any direction or as shown in the'drawings, in the direction of the width of the check. By referring now to Fig. i it will he seen that the falce of the check: is provided in theA space between the opening l2 and serial number with a plurality of markings 13. These markings may loe numerals or letters as desired and constitute the hey or means ci identifying the owners check. The latter as shown in Fig. 2 is providedwith a pair oiE spaced openings 14 and 15. Each c enings is of a size correspcndin tonne oi. the characters on the origina check, and as shown in the drawings, the space hetweenthese openings corresponds to the space between two of the characters on the original check. The openings let and l5 are so arranged that when the duplicate is placed on the original so that its sides and ends will he in coincidence with the sides and ends ci the original that two ci the characters on the original will appear in the openings of the duplicate. The openine' l2 in the original corresponds to the combined lengths or the openings in the duplicate check and located helow the openings of the latter is a series of markings i6. The mark ings i6 are so arranged that when the orig inal is placed upon the duplicate that two or the markings at one end of the series win appear in the opening l2. t will he seen that numerals are employed in both series of markings; it is to he understood however7 that l am not to he limited to this specific use of numerals since it will he understood how letters or other markin s might he equally as well employedis shown in liig. l the numerals 13 are arranged in different order from the numerals 16 on the duplicate. ln this instance the two numerals 3-8 at one end of the series on the duplihers which must appear when the duplicate is placed upon the original. As 1oeiore are located at one end ot' the series so that when the original is placed upon the duplicate as before described, the numerals S- will appear through the opening l2 of the original.` By now reversing the position of the checks or in other words, placlnfur the l espece duplicate on the original the numerals 3 will appear in the openings lei and l5 oi' the duplicate.

iith this construction it is obvious that it will he impossible forone observing the original check on a piece of baggage to make a proper duplicate for the original, since there is nothing on the original check to indicate where the openings are formed on the proper duplicate held hy the owner .of the baggage, or to show the arrangement of the numerals on the said proper duplicate. It will be further observed that the opening l2 in the original may he placed nearer the center or adjacent the opposite side, whereby numerals 3 3 or 8-3 would be the identification numerals, it being understood that 4'the openings on the duplicate will he arranged nearer the center or opposite side to conform with the location of the opening l2. it will be ohserved that as many openings may he employed in the original and duplicate as may be desired or deemed necessary to positively insure the identification of the checks.

F rom the foregoing it will he seen that l have provided a system which is exceedingly simple and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

Having thus described my invention what is claimed as new, is

1. ln a system for checking baggage original and duplicate indicia bearing checks having openings so arranged that when the original is placed upon the duplicate certain indicia on the covered face of the latter will he visible through the openings of the original which will coincide with the indicia visible through the opening of the duplicate when the latter is placed over the original.

2. ln a system for checking baggage'indicia bearing duplicateand original checks, each of which is provided with an opening in alincment with the indicia on the other check, whereby certain indicia will he visible through the opening of the original when the latter is placed upon the duplicate which will coincide with the indicia visible through the opening of the duplicate when the latter is placed onthe ori inal.

ln testimony whereof, I a X my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

' JOHN M. BAILHACHE. ll'vitnesses lll. S. Muri-GAN, 

